Freezable

This decadent recipe attracted an army of clean-eating enthusiasts - just look at the ooey-gooey buns you get for 145 calories! Freeze a batch for Sunday morning treats.

You can put together your own combination of preferred mushrooms or look for already-combined sampler packages at your local market. Try the sautéed side over top of pan-seared chicken, polenta or even pizza.

Hearty barley, split peas and ham give this classic soup a comforting appeal that will stick to your ribs long after you've scraped the final spoonful from your bowl.

Chilling your risotto mixture overnight allows for a stickier texture, perfect for rolling into bite-size balls. Your guests will swoon for these crisp Greek-inspired risotto balls and their accompanying Roasted Red Pepper Sauce.

Kick up your mother's meatloaf with a spicy homemade glaze and serve with your favorite potato salad or mashed potatoes!

Get out your crock pot and try the easy, clean and comforting slow cooker chicken barley stew that helped one of our readers shed 200 pounds!

Panko bread crumbs and crushed walnuts join forces with dried herbs to create a crispy, flavorful coating for our roast – in perfect textural contrast to its creamy blue cheese sauce.

This protein-rich dinner is only $2 per serving, but that doesn't mean it can't have rich flavor! The process of reduction intensifies the sauce's flavor, lending the sirloin a pleasing tang.

Stew doesn't have to simmer for hours. This one cooks up in a jiffy, thanks to quick-cooking ingredients like shrimp and small potato wedges.

The success of the homemade potato chips in this $2 dish really depends on your knife – sharper knives cut thinner slices for crispier chips! Toss your chips with dill only after they've come out of the oven so the dried herb doesn't burn.

The subtle sweetness of roasted red pepper pairs perfectly with succulent grilled shrimp in this cozy 10-minute soup. Enjoy with a side of crispy garlic toast!

Roasted chicken can sometimes get boring. With our cherry barbecue sauce and toasted almonds, this Sunday dinner staple takes on a starring role.

Now being gentle to bean-sensitive tummies won't mean having to sacrifice authentic taste: if we didn't know better, we'd swear this reader recipe was full of garbanzo beans!

Sopa seca is a term used in Mexican cuisine to describe a side dish made with pasta, which is cooked until the soupy liquid is absorbed. Using quinoa instead of pasta boosts the protein and fiber content of this dish.

On days when you're pressed for time, skip the tedium of making individual quesadillas and spend 5 minutes assembling our cheesy casserole! It's rich in antioxidants thanks to one particular ingredient...

This quick and easy clean eating pizza uses pita bread for a traditionally thin and crispy crust. Vary the toppings to your taste preferences: add diced Roma or sun-dried tomatoes, chopped olives or even leftover cooked broccoli.

A generous swirl of creamy peanut butter adds an extra layer of decadence to these unbelievably clean brownies.

Here, we're using lamb chops, which look like miniature T-bone steaks. They're full of flavor and the fat is relatively easy to trim off.

Eating a slice of our moist, slow-cooker pumpkin bread may actually improve your energy, thanks to its hearty dose of potassium.

Find out how one reader manages to serve up a lean burger that actually bursts with juiciness.

Wear rubber gloves when handling chiles! Their heat, though excellent in this Chinese favorite, can transfer to your fingers and make wiping your eyes or nose a painful experience.

You can make these honey mustard chicken thighs up to 8 hours in advance and, at the last minute, simply coat them with the sauce and bake.

While our herbed chicken is delicious sans sauce, why not add a little clean fun to your meal by using the herb and mustard blend as a dip for both your bird and broccoli?

Vegetarians and meat-eaters alike will be drawn to the comforts of this hearty stew, thick with the creamy starchiness of beans and bright with the colors of garden fare.

With only five ingredients, these yogurty snacks are a cinch to prepare. To make your life in the kitchen even easier, cut the tangy squares prior to freezing them.

Using five different onions makes for a well-rounded and balanced broth. The secret to a great onion soup is to slowly sweat and caramelize the onions.

What if you want a crust that's versatile enough for all sorts of fillings while remaining wholesome and uncomplicated? Seek no further, pilgrim, for our labor is your reward: a Clean Eating crust that delivers on all fronts!

These grab-and-go breakfast turnovers, brimming with protein and colorful veggies, can be prepared in advance and frozen for up to 2 months. So now you won't have an excuse for not eating breakfast!

Homemade soups and stews are perfect staples to prepare in advance. In fact, soups often taste better when flavors have had a chance to develop, so do yourself a favor and make our simple broth a day ahead.

There's something so comforting about tucking into a creamy bowl of potato soup once the weather starts to cool.

Keep your family far from boredom by changing up our curried soup each time you make it. Try stirring in 1 cup of cooked quinoa or brown rice, 8 ounces of cooked and shredded chicken (skinless, of course) or 8 ounces of cubed firm tofu.

By ditching the requisite heavy cream and butter, we’ve stripped our creamy asparagus soup of its potentially weighty calorie count – it rings in at just over 200 calories and includes succulent toppers like crabmeat, Parmesan, bread cubes and more!

Brian Bistrong, chef of New York's Braeburn restaurant, offers up a creamy (and cream-free!) low-cal trumpet mushroom soup.

While a little less than an hour may seem long until dinner is ready, you can make this soup entrée ahead and enjoy it for dinner or lunch anytime. Trust us, it's even better on the second day!

We've captured the spirit of the British favorite with a few CE twists on the traditional filling of beef, onion, potato and rutabaga. Serve with clean ketchup for dunking and a simple spinach and arugula salad with a squeeze of lemon.

Our vegetarian take on the classic will wow meat lovers – they're dripping with a homemade, savory mushroom-cauliflower sauce that mimics a traditional beef filling.

Julie O'Hara takes the ultimate one-pot comfort food and slashed the fat, calories and sodium.

These party-worthy cake pops will have your friends and family in awe – just wait ’til you tell them each is just 190 calories!

This beloved family recipe started off as a good-old moist, flourless cupcake and is now an equally moist, almost-flourless cupcake that is just as easy!

This pie is reminiscent of the chocolate peanut novelty cones doled out by ice cream trucks every summer and those chilly, chocolate-robed frozen bananas of childhood. Sweetened only by the bananas themselves, the thick custard-like filling sits in a peanutty crust for a cold indulgence on a hot night.

The zip in these hearty whole-grain covered feasts will fill you with health and goodness, while the protein and fiber content will satisfy and keep you hunger-pang free for hours. Now that's a meal!

Low-fat sour cream and a purée of carrot, mushroom, tarragon and Parmigiano-Reggiano maintain the flavor and texture of this chicken tetrazzini casserole, without the unnecessary fat.

A fricassee is a dish made by browning meat, sprinkling it with flour and briefly stewing it, creating a sauce (often creamy) in the process. We've streamlined the method and cut out the fat with our chicken fricassee, so the flavor of fresh tarragon is at the forefront.

Nothing says cozy like a hot bowl of chicken vegetable stew, and we kick the comforting classic into shape with clean ingredients that pack a whole lot of flavor on a cold winter's night.

One of the four heart-healthy recipes selected for our collaboration with the American Heart Association, these tartlets are a hit on-hand as a bite-sized snack or served as dessert at your next dinner party.

Start your pizza off right with the perfect clean dough!

Our clean take on this American favorite is two desserts in one!

Both sherbet and sorbet consist of fruit juices or purées and sweetener, but sherbets also include dairy. Most sherbet sold in the US often contains 1 to 2% milk fat, but our recipe uses skim milk for a zero gram fat total.

Light and full of complex flavor, this stew is sure to become a regular in your home. Coconut, coriander and jalapeño give this stew an authentic Latin-American flair, while black cod adds a punch of protein.

Our reader's curry wraps let your slow cooker do the work, so you can bid your stove adieu for the day and come home to a hot, calorie-conscious dinner that doesn't skimp on flavor!

Buy a larger piece of beef to whip up a big pot of stew that will last for months in your freezer. This cold-weather staple is great with a crusty piece of whole-wheat baguette for dipping!

Beat the heat this summer by avoiding long hours in front of your stove. With our reader's slow-cooker chicken recipe, you can set it and forget it! Did we mention it's a mere 144 calories?

In this rice-cooker meal, your marinated chicken breasts will slowly steam on top of a bed of wonderfully chewy farro, a regularly slow-cooking grain perfect for the rice cooker.

We bake a pear along with our beans and opt for honey and ginger in lieu of molasses, giving our budget-friendly beans a fresh chewiness not found in traditional recipes.

Slightly crunchy with a mildly nutty flavor, pearl barley cooks more quickly than the hulled variety while retaining its high-fiber, low-cholesterol benefits.

With only five ingredients and a pinch of sea salt, this savory-sweet frozen yogurt is a decadent yet healthier take on a classic chiller. Avocados lend an extra dose of creamy texture, while skim milk and low-fat yogurt ensure it tastes fattier than it actually is.

Lean beef and meaty mushrooms are the centerpieces of our dim sum.

Delicate artichokes find robustly flavorful collaborators in capers, cheese and leek to fill our low-fat chicken roulades, a welcome variation on your usual spinach or goat cheese stuffings.

Now being gentle to bean-sensitive tummies won't mean having to sacrifice authentic taste: if we didn't know better, we'd swear this reader recipe for zucchini hummus was full of garbanzo beans!